1971-11-17; Central Michigan Life

              MICHIGAN
Volume 52, Number 34 f   .
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Wednesday, November .17, 1971
Student
By ANDY MARTI
LIFE Staff Writer
Student Senate recommended Monday
that Academic Senate return the proposed
Adult Education Program to the committee that formulated the plan.
Senate passed a resolution saying,"Stu-.
dent Senate "endorses the concept of continuing adult higher educaton, but we do
not support the proposal sitting before
the Academic Senate, We request that
the proposal be sent back to the initial
writers, who will clarify and re-define
the means attaining the end result of
continuing adult education "
rejects proposal
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Leslie Cochran, of the;School of Fine
and Applied Arts, and one of the authors
of the Adult Education Program, presented the case for support of the program to Senate. According to Gochran,
"The program would take education- to
individuals who cannot come to college.
li would take education beyond the walls
of CMU."
"The early steps of the program would
both provide revenue and serve individuals," said Cochran. "This income, to
come from the military and the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), would enable CMU to develop
other programs for individuals and
minority groups."
• Many Senate questions centered around
the issue of involvement of the military
and "big business" in the program.
Cochran denied that the plan allowed for
any undue military-influence. He.said,
"We will take our programs to any places
where there are concentrations, of individuals, either within the military or
HUD. Over 50 percent of the military
are members of minority groups.*'
Senate objections were voiced by Bill
Joyner, District 1 Senator. "Iam-strongly
in favor of the concept of schooling
without walls, but this program does not
"explain the process. The plan itself
states that a great deal must be accepted
on faith. Well, .about 10 years ago,
the U.S. President asked the people to
accept a war on faith and consequently
we are mired down in the Vietnam war."
Charles Coleman, Emmons senator,
questioned the proposal saying "I see
the need, but I do not see how the-plan
proposed will enact it. I believe the Senate
ought to recommend that the Academic
Senate return the bill so it can be made
more concrete."
The student government proposed budget
was handed out to senators and action
on the budget was tabled in order to
give the senators time to study it.
Senate also became a contributing
sponsor to the Free Concert Fund.. This
membership, to last one year, was
achieved with a $50 contribution.
In other action, Student Body President
Tim Horan urged participation by senators and CMU students in the Emergency Conference for New Voters,
scheduled for Dec. 3, 4 and 5 at Chicago's
Loyola University.
According to Horan, the conference was
organized to associate new voters with
their potential political power.
The conference is open to all students
and anyone interested should contact the
student government office.
The final Student Senate meeting for
this semester is scheduled for Dec. 6
at 6:45 in the UC auditorium.
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Food co-op ranks
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By TERRI BURKHARDT
LIFE Staff Writer
The Mt. Pleasant area food co-op,
-established during the third week of the
semester, is now the second largest food
co-op in Michigan, according to co-op
member Dave Dixon. Its 500 members
include families from the Indian Reservation, students, faculty members and-
townspeople.
''The   idea of the food co-op,"  said
Mike Failla, food co-op member, "is to
• eliminate the middle man when buying
food, thereby-getting better quality food
at cheaper prices.
"A lot of people don't realize just how
cheap the food really is, like last week"
a pound of potatoes was  selling for" 2
cents," he continued.
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Every Thursday people can place orders
with the food co-op from J3-5 p.m. in front
of the UC Reservation. If they can't
make it on Thursday, orders can be
placed in a locked box in the student
government   office.   "This   is to order
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LIFE photo by Chuck Suppnick
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California town aids injured athlete
PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — The residents of this Northern
California community have pitched in to help 15-yearr-old
Robbie Sturla.inhistimeof need. The youth broke a v^ertabra
"» his neck while practicing football for the St. Vincent's
High School team Sept* 15 and'noy,li«s-virtually paralized
from the shoulders down at Santa "Clara Valley Medical
Center at San Jose.
Thus far; the townsfolk have raised morethan $15,000 to
offset Robbie's medical and therapy expenses, which run
$5,000 to.$6,000 a month. And help has come from as far
-away as the White-House.. ■     _,'    .
"Robbie*s.avreal.tough kid," said Mike Gonzalez, athletic
director -at. St. Vincent'^ "He's" sure'he's,going to get
well and.already* is talking about playing baseball next
s^nS" - .Robbie's father, Louis, is, Semiretired because
°| health reason's! His mother is a receptionist. Doctors
. "*e medical center say the boy has regained Some feelings'
m his. legs, but they-made no predictions about a.full
recovery. < "  ..
'<^i**R°bbiehimself saVs:    ''I'feel-fine, especially since I
got out of traction last Monday.    Man, that was a drag.
I'm in a wheelchair now."
Robbie's teammates were the first to come to his aid,
raising $1,634 by washingwindows, raking yards and cleaning
chicken houses. And the football players from Tomales
Bay High School, St. Vincent's traditional rival, gave $100
The St.« Vincent's Mothers Committee added more than
$3,000 to Robbie's medical fund with a seven-hour spaghetti
feed. "A three-week auction by radio station KTOB donated^
items solicited by the Mothers Committee raised $11,146.
President Nixon sent a steel engraving of the White
House and an autographed card which-brought an auction
bid of $20. A Billy Casper golf glove, netted $10. A pipe
from. TV newscaster Walter Cronkite went for $37. A
football helmet Ifrom Mike McCoy of Notre, Dame produced
$45. , Five neckties donated by Jack Benny brought from
$15 to $25 apiece.   ^
v "You can't find words for what the people of Petaluma
. have done for us,"   the boy's father said. "There is no
way to thank them."
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produce or things already on stock, such
as dry foods and'oils including rice,
organic flour, nuts, dried fruits
.and honey," Dixon said.
"On Saturday, co-op members
buy produce from .a wholesaler in Grand
Rapids where they can get any fruit or
vegetable at relatively cheap prices,"
he continued.
Customers then pick up their orders at
the co-op store at 306 1/2 Adams Street.
At the store, co-op members can also
buy things on stock.
"You must be a co-op member to buy
things," said Failla, "To become a co-op
member you have to pay $1 per adult
member of the family and you must work
two hours per month on one of the food
co-op committees,"
These committees include bookkeeping,
driving, fund-raising, shopping, buying,
education, Indian Reservation, menial
work and ordering and distributing.
Individual ^students from Jhe dorms can
also benefit from the co-op by ordering
any type of fruit, nuts, eggs, peanut
butter and so forth, at prices cheaper
than they would pay in a store, Dixon
explained.
"The peanut butter is fantastic, not like
any peanut butter you've tasted before,*'
Failla said.
Most of the co-op products are ecologically sound, it helps out the poorer people in,the community and through-it
you pay no taxes to the war, Dixon
continued.
"The food'- co-op is a give and take
thing. It's an educational situation with
people learning to make breads
and cheeses as well as learning nutritional values. It is also a social organization uniting*'all types of people from
all walks of life " said Failla. _
"The co-op also reflects the needs of
the community," Dixon said. "We expect
to be able to handle food stamps in a
week- and.handle- meat in about two weeks."
"Eventually/! Failla remarked, "we
hope to sell things other than food. We
would like to include clothes and vita-
mjn^.'.in the store*-. We.. plan. on, getting
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